"Father, according to what I learned from the Minister of Finance, Brockhouse, after the passage of the New Land Act, a large-scale land inventory campaign has been launched in the Romanov Kingdom, and the farmland in various cities and towns has begun to be further examined, and the fields in the hands of those nobles in power are being redeemed at the average market price...."

In the afternoon, as soon as Mavi returned to the Cathedral of St. Basil, Dino approached him and reported on the reform of the three bills: "According to the content of the law, the nationalized land will be granted the right to operate a piece of land by paying a registration fee of 30 kopecks at the local town hall, and the tax rate is also very low. ”

"In order to prevent an imbalance in the cultivation of crops, the Minister of Agriculture has requested that a fixed rate of wheat cultivation must be maintained in order to stabilize the basic grain prices, and in order to encourage the spontaneity of farmers, it is recommended that the Kingdom reduce the tax rate on farmland for the cultivation of wheat and other related crops...."

Listening to Dino's report, Ma Wei nodded slowly: "The basic ration of the Romanov Kingdom is bread, and the crops that can be used to make bread, such as wheat, must be stable and low in price, to ensure that every citizen can afford to buy and eat, no matter what fluctuations occur in the market, the price of food must be fixed within a range acceptable to the people, and any investor who dares to raise the price of food in difficult times will be shot and will not be merciless." ”

Ma Wei, who has experienced the events of the Great Famine, understands the importance of food better than anyone else, if there is food, the original parents will not starve to death, and he will not have such painful and dark memories.

During the war, the price of food in Tyumen skyrocketed, and although death from starvation was rare with the help of the Kingdom and the Church, it still exposed a dangerous signal that those speculators who made a fortune were hated by anyone!

Must be eradicated!

This is also the promise that the Church of Truth has made to its people.

"But Father, in the course of this month's research, we have discovered a situation..."

Dino pushed down his silver-rimmed glasses and said: "How should we deal with the fact that farmland that is too cheap or even does not require any rent has been robbed by the people, and some people have obtained the land but do not cultivate it, as if they have regarded the land as their own property?" ”

"Quite simply, for people who get farmland but don't cultivate it, we should add a land vacancy tax, in addition to a fixed fallow period, the more vacant fields there are, the higher the taxes that need to be paid, and the vacancy tax will increase year after year."

"What if someone maliciously hires a large number of people to collect land, reduce the vacant area per capita, and destroy the basic farmland in our country?"

"A new bill, such as the Land Management Law, establishes permanent basic farmland, and does not allow anyone to use permanent basic farmland as a forest and fruit industry, digging ponds for fish farming, illegally taking soil and other behaviors that destroy the cultivated layer...."Ma Wei glanced at Dino: "Doesn't the Minister of Agriculture know how to deal with such a simple matter?" ”

"How have they experienced land reform..."Dino smiled helplessly: "Even I didn't think about distributing land to the people, the former nobles would not let their fields be vacant, this is their private property, it's too late to be busy farming...."

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"It will take long to get used to it, the road is explored little by little, and the experience must be accumulated slowly."

"There is another problem.," Dino said, pursing his lips, "The people seem to be more inclined to farming than going into the cities and factories to find work, and the industrial revolution that Her Majesty Katerina intends to carry out will probably be affected by it in the future, and the factories need workers." ”

"Science and technology will change life, urbanization is inevitable, the original per capita can only cultivate a few acres of land, and when science and technology are developed enough, the per capita area of fields that can be cultivated may reach hundreds of acres, thousands of acres."

Ma Wei said lightly: "The premise of achieving all this is to have a strong level of science and technology, so we should reasonably raise the wages of workers, encourage people to enter the factory, and at the same time be vigilant against the imbalance between labor and income, and when the Romanov Kingdom and the Kingdom of Frederick re-establish diplomatic relations and sign a trade treaty, the backlog of goods will also be effectively alleviated, so as to achieve a virtuous circle." ”

Dino nodded: "Father, the land of the Romanov Kingdom is too vast, and the population of 150 million is too small?" Should we encourage people to have children? In this way, the shortage of people in factories and farmlands can be alleviated. ”

"Why leave the problem to the people?"

Throwing a mint leaf into his mouth, Ma Wei said with a solemn face: "The people support us, they hope that we will create a better and more comfortable life for them, some problems we should not throw to the people, science and technology to rejuvenate the country is not to rejuvenate the country, we don't need a demographic dividend, if the development of the kingdom encounters difficulties and obstacles, then it should be up to us to find a way to solve it, isn't it?" ”

"But the current level of industry, science and technology of the Romanov kingdom.... It's not ideal, and we don't have the magic to work with. ”

"There will be, bread will be there, milk will be there, this is not an empty word, since we are sitting in this position, we should fulfill our mission."

Ma Wei stared at the burning kerosene lamp on the table: "The support of the people is like the arm waving a long sword, and the leader is the sword in the hands of the people, the sword already has enough strength, whether it can break the barrier and defeat the enemy depends on the quality of the sword itself.... Truth stands the test. ”

"Dino, what the people need, we give them, they need technology, they need cutting-edge industrial technology, no problem, I...."

"I'll get the technology for them."

Dino was stunned for a moment, and was about to ask, when the door was pushed open.

"Daddy!"

Yunia ran into the house with the bear in her arms, hugged Mavi's thigh, and held an ice cream in her hand, smiling, obviously in a good mood.

Ma Wei bent down to pick her up, pinched her little nose, and asked with a smile, "Have you finished visiting the theater?" ”

"Hmmm! Today's opera was very interesting! It seems to be a work of Shakespeare, what is it called.... Forget! The ice cream was so delicious! ”

I don't even remember the name of the opera, eighty percent of them didn't pay attention to it, and patronized it for snacks....

"What about Levine and Daniel? Why didn't you see them? ”

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"The two of them don't know what's wrong, they can't see anyone for most of the opera, and as soon as they come back, they go straight to the toilet...."

"Ouch...."

A moan came from outside the door, and Mavi turned his head to see Levin and Daniel supporting each other, their faces sallow, their legs swinging constantly, and their whole body was about to collapse.

Frowning slightly, Ma Wei wondered, "What's wrong with you two?" ”

"Pull... Diarrhea..."Levine groaned weakly and sat down on the couch, "We.... It could be that I ate something unclean, pulled from noon until now.... Ouch..."

"You drank Duke Hawke's cabbage tea?"

"It's not... Who's going to drink that.... Daniel and I ate two pieces of buttered bread at noon and bought a big glass of beer in front of the theater.... Hell-sighted profiteers! The raw materials are definitely not clean! I'll have to settle accounts with him! ”

Yunia also ate butter bread, but she didn't do anything about it, and Levin and Daniel collapsed.

In view of the poor level of medical care in this era, Ma Wei did not call a doctor for them, but just asked the chef to cook some sugar water for them to drink to replenish the sugar water.

At night, as he lay in bed, he could faintly hear the moans of Levine and Daniel, who had run to the toilet at least seven times a night—and Mavi counted them before he fell asleep.

Day 2......

"Father! Father! ”

The bedroom door was slammed, and Ma Wei, who had fallen asleep in the middle of the night, opened his eyes, walked out of the room in a daze, looked at Christopher at the door and asked, "What's wrong?" ”

"There's a cholera outbreak in the city!"

"What?!"

Ma Wei's face changed suddenly, and he hurriedly put on his clothes and rushed downstairs with Christopher: "Are you sure it's cholera?!" ”

"Absolutely! That's what the doctors say! ”

Running to the door of the church, Ma Wei paused violently, remembering Levine and Daniel, who had diarrhea yesterday.

He quickly turned around, went upstairs, pushed open the door of Levine and Daniel, and found them lying on the bed in a state of confusion.

Christopher pulled Mavi and stepped back: "Father, don't get too close!" Beware of contagion! ”

Cholera.... How could there be a sudden outbreak of cholera in the city?

"Christopher, how many people in the city are sick?"

"Countless, many, many, all down at once!"

Concentrated outbreaks?

Wrong.... Depending on the person, cholera has an incubation period, symptoms will appear in a few hours as fast, and even several days as slow as possible, and there will generally be signs and the like, how can it be possible to break out in a day or two?

What's more, yesterday, Levin and Daniel did not show symptoms of vomiting, but simply diarrhea....

Ma Wei felt that things might be different from what everyone imagined, causing a wide range of dysentery....

I'm afraid it's not cholera, it's something else!